Ya'alon: We Got Ourselves in Trouble

Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon said, Tuesday morning, that the government got itself in trouble regarding the Ulpana neighborhood in the Binyamin-region Jewish community of Beit El, where five homes are threatened with uprooting under a Supreme Court order. Referring to the order during an interview by Israel Defense Forces Radio, He said, "More than a year ago, the state submittedopinionspresented toprosecutorswithoutdiscussionby the Committee of Ministers.Oncethe problemwas discovered,we triedto have the High Courtto openthe judgment,but we received a negative answer." The strategic-affairs minister said, "Now we have two terrible options [literally two different kinds of unkosher meat - ed.]. On the one handit is unthinkablenot to carry outthe High Court'sjudgment,buton the other hand we will causean injusticeto the residents.We arefaced with a complicated dilemma."

Ya'alon said that ministers and Knesset members were being flooded with phone calls, SMS messages and emails trying to make them afraid to vote against legislation intended to remove the homes from the threat.